The policy change comes ahead of the first of two public meetings organised by the artists.

In the open letter, they condemned the organisation's decision-making, accused it of having a disregard for Scottish culture and said the body was in an "ongoing crisis".

Creative Scotland was established through a merger of the Scottish Arts Council with Scottish Screen and has an annual budget of more that £75m from Scottish government and Lottery funding.

In June, the organisation delayed a funding application process and apologised to 49 groups - including the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and the Edinburgh Mela - after an angry reaction to the handling of a funding shake-up.